Ball-holding cage for ball-bearings.



HESS.

BALL HOLDING GAGE FOR BALL BEARINGS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1909.

Jlwewtoz HENIVFY HESS, MM

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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HESS-BRIGHT MANU- A CORPORATION 011' "pant-newline CAGE non BALL-BEARINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 2', 1913.

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3W Application filed January 21, 1909. Serial No. 73,455.

strip of some suitable material which may be readily deformed or bent to cause it to e gage the balls. It is ordinarilyof circular shape to correspond to the configuration of Toall who m tyna'y concern: I

Be 1t known that LHENRY Haas, a cit-izen of the United States, residing atFWawa,

inthe county of Delaware and State of 5 Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new the bearing and the rolling elements located and useful Improvements in Ball-Holding therein, and is formed with loops E, which f strip wi Cages. for 'l'jall-Bea'rings, of-which the following is a','specification, reference being had therein to :the accompanying; drawing.

My invention relates to ball holding cages for ball bearings, and more particularly to a form thereofwhich may be readily located 'in assembled position and causedto engage and hold the lballs. i

To these ends it consistsin constructing the cage of a continuous strip of deformable material,wheiieby in the assemblage of the bea ring it may be made to su rround and lhold the balls.

More specifically,

loops are so located as to pass between and loosely embrace the balls when the ring is first inserted in position. After this operation, and due to the deformable character of the material of which the strip is composed, the loops E are formed as illustrated in Fig. 3. It is to be noted that by these means the balls are now properly spaced and held in position, and that the cage similarly is permanently located and may not be removed without again deforming the loops E and reversing the operation already described. .1

I thus provide acage which is extremely cheap and simple, both in pointv of manufacture and assemblage, and which completely meets the practical requirements, and moreover also allows the balls a certain amount of elastic play, as is desirableand essential in the correct operation of the As will be no the balls the strip is provided hich when placed in position the balls, and which loops by deformation may be made more closely to surround and to securely hold 'thent. In ,one form of my invention, I provide the th means connected thereto, whereby 'with loops, w

loosely embrace it may be deformed m the manner state bearing. ted, also,

This cage is apphcable to bea11n-;s both of are not only spaced by the cage D and loops the thrust and radial type, and I have shown E, but each contacts with the cage at a pinboth species in the accompanying drawing. rality of points 6 instead of throughout their 1s such as to mainperip tion of the loops 0 is bowed to form a sp 'sional area of the space tain a considerable portion of the surface of the loop normally out of contact with the ball, which reduces friction between the ball and loop to a minimum. In Fig.- 4, a modified form is illustrated, wherein the halls G are surrounded .and held by the loops E of the ring D in substantially the same manner as previously described, the distinction in this instance being that I provide a means for deforming the loops E consisting of a tube and screw F, connected at one end to the loop E and at the other to a plate G, located below and between two adjacent balls. Upon turning up the screw, the loop E is deformed in the manner shown at the right of the figure, so that a four-point contact between the balls and cage is secured like that illustrated in Fig. 4.

In Fi be employed in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I desire to be understood that it is not limited to any specific form or arrangemen of parts, except in so far a such limitations are specified in the claims. Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a side view of a radial bearing having applie thereto a cage embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of a thrust hearing provided with my improved cage. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view of thecage showing: the relation of the balls to the cage a fter def-- orn'iation of the latter; Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views of modified forms of construction.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, the hearing comprises the plate or casing member A, and the plate or casing member B, formed re spectively with tracks or ways a, I), wherein. are located the rolling elements or balls Ca lhese balls are spaced and held in' position by means of the cage D, which is the subject-matter proper of my invention.

The cage D is composed of a continuous Obviously, it may another modificationisshdwgf substantially similar to that of F1271, butt-10 wherein the loops are connected by deforming means F to a continuous annular plate or ring G It will be noted that in this lastfigure the deformation of the cage results in a three-point contact- With the balls, instead of the four-point contact illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. In F ig. 2 a form of thrust bearing is shown illustrating the :qipllcation of my inventlon to such bearings. In this instance, the balls G are surv rounded and held by the cage 1) and loops many other variations and changes will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without further particularization.

Having thus described myinvention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A ball-holding cage for ball-bearings composedjof a continuous strip of deformable material, the strip being formed with loops extending between the balls and having a plurality of distinct points of contact with said balls, together with additional means between the loops to insure their contact with the balls.

2. A ball-holding cage for ball-bearings ing a plurality of distinct points of contact with said balls, and bowed away from the contained balls intermediate of the contactpo nts, together with additional means between the loops to insure their contact with the balls.

4. A ball-holding cage for ball-bearings composed of a single continuous strip of deformable material, the strip being formed with loops extending between the balls and beyond the diameters thereof, portions of each loop being bowed away from adjacent contacting balls to present at each side of each of the contacting balls a plurality of distinct points of contact therewith and leaving between the contact-points an area of material unengaged by said contacting balls.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY HESS. Witnesses: 1

THEO. H. MGCALLA, NETI'IE'L. HAHN.

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Washington, 1L0. 

